@inbook{44afc9fd25154d9bbcc3ca8e8a94102a,
title = "Applications of Microbial Processes in Geotechnical Engineering",
abstract = "Over the last 10–15 years, a new field of “biogeotechnics” has emerged as geotechnical engineers seek to find ground improvement technologies which have the potential to be lower carbon, more ecologically friendly, and more cost-effective than existing practices. This review summarizes the developments which have occurred in this new field, outlining in particular the microbial processes which have been shown to be most promising for altering the hydraulic and mechanical responses of soils and rocks. Much of the research effort in this new field has been focused on microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) via ureolysis, while a comprehensive review of MICP is presented here, the developments which have been made regarding other microbial processes, including MICP via denitrification and biogenic gas generation are also presented. Furthermore, this review outlines a new area of study: the potential deployment of fungi in geotechnical applications which has until now been unexplored.",
keywords = "Biogenic gas, Denitrification, Fungi, Geotechnical engineering, Microbially induced carbonate precipitation, Ureolysis",
author = "{El Mountassir}, Grainne and Minto, {James M.} and {van Paassen}, Leon and Emmanuel Salifu and Lunn, {Rebecca J.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council via Grants EP/G063699/1, EP/M016854/1, and EP/N035526/1 and by the European Commission via the Marie Sk{\l}odowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-ETN) project TERRE H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015-675762. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2018",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/bs.aambs.2018.05.001",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780128151822",
series = "Advances in Applied Microbiology",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc",
pages = "39--91",
editor = "Gadd, {Geoffrey Michael} and Sima Sariaslani",
booktitle = "Advances in Applied Microbiology",
}